Update on the Landlord and
Tenant Ad Hoc Roundtable
Meeting and Possible Direction
Regarding the Proposed
Strategies
CITY COUNCIL
February 13, 2024
COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
CITY COUNCIL EFFORTS TO DATE
Steps taken to date:
Renter Relocation Program in effect July 1, 2023
AB 1482 Study Session held on August 8, 2023
Urgency Ordinance adopted September 12, 2023
2 AD HOC LANDLORD TENANT ROUNDTABLE
Meeting Date: January 18, 2024
Participants : Vice Mayor Perez and Council
Member Takahashi and five
invited tenants & five invited
landlords
Participated in exercises to:
• Identify Concerns
• Provide Possible Strategies
• Prioritize Possible Strategies
3 SUMMARY OF CONCERNS
Categorized into Five Themes:
1)Enforcement of laws and fairness in process;
2)Corporate housing in-lieu of “Mom and Pop”
landlords;
3)Balancing rent stability (for tenants) and costs
(for landlords);
4)Education for landlords and tenants; and
5)Communication between landlords and tenants.
4 Corporate housing In -lieu of “Mom and Pop” Landlords • Require a license to become a housing provider in the city • Incentivize smaller landlords to keep their properties • Expansion of Burbank Housing Corporation development
• Create land trusts or co-operative housing options
• Extension of AB 1482 or local laws to corporate owned properties (differentiate “Mom and Pop” landlords)
PROPOSED AD HOC GROUP STRATEGIES FOR
CORPORATE PURCHASES OF HOUSING
5 Partial List
• Access to information and education on laws for both landlords and tenants • Reduce complexity of laws
• Carve out rules for government orders (clarity and transparency to both parties) • Letter of enforcement from City Attorney’s office for non-compliance with laws • Addendum to lease with a summary of tenant’s rights and responsibilities with supplemental resource sheets
• Payment for relocation regarding renovation
• Disallow eviction for substantial remodel
• Provide “right to return” after renovation
• More time to leave (four months) and more money to leave (three months fair market rent)
• Require a penalty of perjury form (example: for owner move-in)
PROPOSED AD HOC GROUP STRATEGIES FOR
ENFORCEMENT/NO -FAULT EVICTIONS
6 Balancing Rent Stability (Tenants) and Costs (Landlords) • Increase housing supply especially affordable housing • City to provide resources for tenants who qualify for subsidized rent • Provide an emergency rent/assistance fund
• Rent cap at 2% a year
• Possible rent board
• Capping rent increase with vacancy de-control
• Petition process to approve rent increase above an approved rent cap
PROPOSED AD HOC GROUP STRATEGIES FOR
RENTS AND HOUSING COSTS
7 Education Needed on Landlord
and Tenant Responsibilities and
Resources
Lack of Communication Between
Landlords and Tenants
• Qualified staff to provide answers
to landlords and tenants
• Hire qualified city staff or a system to
mediate between landlords and
tenants
• City to have orientation & videos
to provide comprehensive
information on legal rights
• Strengthen Landlord Tenant
Commission with a licensed mediator
• Educating landlords and tenants
regarding programs and policies
PROPOSED AD HOC GROUP STRATEGIES FOR
EDUCATION AND MEDIATION
8 AD HOC GROUP CONCERNS VS. PROPOSED
STRATEGIES
Support
Oppose
9 0
1 2
3 4
5 6
7 Access to
information on
laws
Addendum to
lease
Enforcement
letter for non-
compliance
Orientation on
legal rights
Reduce
complexity of
laws
Answers by
qualfied city
staff
No. of Votes
Proposed Strategies
Enforcement of LL/Tenant Responsibilities & Laws
AD HOC GROUP CONCERNS VS. PROPOSED
STRATEGIES
Support
Oppose
0 1
2 3
4 5
6 7
8 Disallow
eviction for
substantial
remodel
More time &
money to leave
Require penalty
of perjury form
Renovation
payment for
relocation
End all No-Fault
Eviction
Provide right to
return after
renovation
No. of Votes
Proposed Strategies
No-Fault Evictions
10 AD HOC GROUP CONCERNS VS. PROPOSED
STRATEGIES
• Carve out rules for
government orders for
clarity and transparency
to both parties (Two
Support Votes & no
opposition) .
11 AD HOC GROUP CONCERNS VS. PROPOSED
STRATEGIES
Support
Oppose
12 0
1 2
3 4
5 6
7 8
Extension of laws
to corporate
housing
Land trust or Co-
operative housing
Expansion of BHC
development
Housing provider
licensing
Standardization
for ownership-
rental properties
Incentivize
people to keep
their properties
No. of Votes
Proposed Strategies
Corporate Housing Purchases
Support
Oppose
AD HOC GROUP CONCERNS VS. PROPOSED
STRATEGIES
0 1
2 3
4 5
6 7
Emergency
assistance fund
Rent cap at 2% Rent increase
petition process
Increase housing
supply
Qualified
tenants
subsidized rent
Capping rent
increases
No. of Votes
Proposed Strategies
Rent Increase
13 AD HOC GROUP CONCERNS VS. PROPOSED
STRATEGIES
Support
Oppose
14 0
1 2
3 4
5 6
Mediation by qualified
city staff
Strengthen LL Tenant
Commission
Educating LL & Tenants Rent Board
No. of Votes
Proposed Strategies
Lack of Mediation/Communication
Enforcement of
LL/Tenant
Responsibilities
Carve out rules for Govt.
Orders
No Fault Evictions
Lack of
Mediation/Communication
Rent Increases
Corporate Housing Purchase
VOTES BY AD HOC GROUP CATEGORIES
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
Reduce complexity of laws
Qualified staff to provide answers to LL and tenants
Access to information on laws
Letter of enforcement for non-compliance
Addendum to lease
Carve out rules for government orders
Payment for relocation regarding renovation
Provide right to return after renovation
Require a penalty of perjury form
Expansion of BHC development
Increase housing supply
Subsidized rent for qualified tenants
Qualified city staff or a system to mediate
Educating landlords and tenants
Percentage of Support Votes
Proposed Solutions
Distribution of "Support" Votes
15 VOTES BY THEMES
16 Enforcement of laws
& eviction of long-
term tenants
43%
Corporate housing in-lieu of “Mom and Pop” LL
11%
High Rent Increases
16%
Lack of
communication
between LL &
tenants
5%
Education on LL &
tenant
responsibilities
25%
DISTRIBUTION OF AD HOC GROUP “SUPPORT” VOTES BY DIFFERENT CONCERN THEMES Note and file
Provide direction, if any, on analyzing the
supported Ad Hoc Group strategies for
legality, feasibility and impact as directed
by the Council for the second step report.
NEXT STEPS
17 Present a Second Step report addressing :
Different options for tenant protections with
information from other cities;
Data such as vacancy rates;
Mom and Pop landlord considerations; and
Proposed implementation plan that includes a
community outreach plan for Council
consideration
NEXT STEPS - Continued
18 QUESTIONS?
CONTACT: MARIBEL LEYLAND
PHONE: (818) 238-5180
EMAIL: [email protected]
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19 Update on the Landlord and
Tenant Ad Hoc Roundtable
Meeting and Possible Direction
Regarding the Proposed
Strategies
CITY COUNCIL
February 13, 2024
COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT